alleged that a "cabal" surrounding late
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua framed
corruption charges against his daughter,
Iyabo when she was a senator in order to get
back at him because of his personal views
against them. He has previously been openly
accused of Inbreeding and adultery by his
son, Gbenga, who sought to divorce his wife
alleging that his father was sleeping with
her."
My adversaries tried other means to get to
me," he stated.
"If Obasanjo could not be cut down to size,
they must have thought, what about those
close to him, including his daughter? When
Senator Iyabo, my daughter, was accused of
corruption, I took my time to have a serious
interview with her on what exactly had
transpired. She briefed me in detail and I was
satisfied.
"But I did not stop there. I spoke with the
Senate President, who also briefed me and
assured me that Iyabo had not committed
any offence as he had personally looked into
the matter. I was again reassured but did not
stop there. I talked to another senator, Mrs.
Ekaette, who was a member of the health
committee of which Iyabo was chairman. Mrs.
Ekaette again satisfied me with her
explanation. I was advised to talk to President
Yar'Adua but I refused to do this, especially as
I was told he was expecting me to. Instead, I
advised Iyabo to hand the matter over to
Chief Afe Babalola, a lawyer and friend, to
deal with it through the court process. She
was discharged and acquitted by the court.
"The fact that my ordeal, and that of my
daughter, occurred under the administration
of President Yar'Adua, who was brought into
power by God through me, did not surprise
me. I have always held to a belief that any
person who expects commendation, praise,
eulogy, or credit from any human being
might die a frustrated wretch."
He named some members of the "cabal" as
Tanimu Yakubu Kurfi and Baba Kingibe "aided
and supported by two governors – Bukola
Saraki and James Ibori – for their own
personal and selfish reasons".
This was part of the revelations in his yet-to-
be-released three-part volume of his memoirs
titled My Watch, which was exclusively
obtained by an online journal, The Cable
Alert.
He had also accused Goodluck
Jonathan's administration of inducing Iyabo to
attack him while pointing accusing fingers at
governors during his tenure of sponsoring the
third term bid.
Posted By David Aniemeka
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